----- Original Message -----
From: Platt Holden
To: moq_discuss@moq.org
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:27
I don't see freedom of speech, trial by jury, freedom of religion and
other intellectual victories over society applying to swarms of bees or
herds of gazelles. Why add irrelevant groups to the MOQ?
You believe that because you don't believe that there is such thing as
"the hive" or "the herd", even though people who work with animals
do use those terms. Why do people who are familiar with bees refer
to "the hive" or "a hive"?
Because the hive is a lifeform unto itself. If you die, your blood cells
die too. If the hive dies, the bees die.
Where else do we get a "pride" of lions or a "parliament" of owls or
a "gaggle" of geese or my favorite, a "murder" of crows? I am not
asking you what their etymology is, I'm asking you why did people
ever feel the need to come up with these names in the first place?
Just a thought...
--Soj
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